Board of Directors
Joseph Coschera
CEO, Director
Joseph Coschera is the founder and President of Information Systems Associates, Inc. which he opened in the summer of 1992 for business. Prior to forming ISA Joe held the position of Vice President with JPMorgan Chase. Joe’s career at JPMC spanned 18 years rising from the position of Systems Engineer to Manager of Facilities and Hardware Planning for the Retail Banking Division. Joe’s responsibilities were extremely diverse and included space planning for the Division’s staff, facilities and hardware planning for several mega data centers and the network operation centers. In addition, he managed the Planning and Implementation Group whose responsibilities included the planning, acquisition and deployment of the technology infrastructure throughout the bank’s branch banking network. Joe served as both a team member and project manager during his tenure. He managed such projects as the deployment of state of the art banking technology (ATMs and Platform Automation) to more than 200 branches on three different occasions as well as data center mergers and build-outs. Joe was recognized for his contributions related to the relocation and consolidation of several large data processing centers. It was that experience that Joe utilized as the foundation for ISA’s service offerings.
Currently Joe is leading ISA’s development efforts as well as new business development and business partner relationships. Joe is also serving as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer for ISA. Joseph Coschera's financial experience came as a result of his previously holding a position as Vice President with JPMorgan Chase, which spanned 18 years rising from the position of Systems Engineer to Manager of Facilities and Hardware Planning for the Retail Banking Division. Joe’s responsibilities were extremely diverse and included direct interaction with financial departments. As part of managing the deployment of state of the art banking technology (ATMs and Platform Automation) to more than 200 branches, Joe had extensive interaction with the financial systems departments in order to perform his tasks better. He has kept up to date with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 via the Internet. He has also reviewed PCAOB guidance from its web site and has read the portion of the SEC web site that deals with the Office of Chief Accountant. He surrounds himself with CPA's and reads 10-Q's and 10-K's from other companies. He also reads PPC checklists which mandate the exact detail disclosure requirements that will be expected of him once the company is fully reporting.
Loire Lucas
Vice President, Director
Loire Lucas began her career with the NCR Corporation upon graduation from Florida Atlantic University in 1982 where she received her Bachelors of Applied Science. As a Systems Engineer, she worked on banking clients projects in Europe and Africa. Upon her return from Africa, she continued to work at corporate headquarters in Dayton, Ohio. Following her headquarters position, Loire transferred to NCR’s New York Sales office where she worked with major financial institutions managing their banking platform migration to state of the art hardware and software platforms.
Adrian G. Goldfarb
Director
Mr. Goldfarb is presently the Chief Financial Officer of Ecosphere Technologies, a public company trading on the OTCBB. Mr. Goldfarb has more than 25 years experience in a number of different technology companies including IBM and a Fujitsu subsidiary. In addition to extensive international experience in a variety of management roles, he served as General Manager for the European affiliate of The Weather Channel and was responsible for turning around its European operations after multiple years of losses under previous management. He has most recently been involved in the private equity space, both as a management consultant and investor and recently concluded the sale of one of those companies to a large European investment group. Mr. Goldfarb specializes in the turnaround and growth of emerging companies with a focus on strategic planning and prudent financial management.
Michael Reisert
Director
From 1967 to 1992 Mr. Reisert worked for E.F Hutton, Shearson Hammill, Reynolds & co, Oppenheimer and Weatherly Securities in sales and management. In December of 1992 he started J. Michael Reisert, Inc. an Investment Banking Company and successfully raised over $50 million dollars for micro-cap companies. In 2001 Mr. Reisert started JMR Capital a private investment fund for micro-cap companies and subsequently retired in June of 2008. In 2009 he reentered the work force and he is presently working in sales for Bankers Life in Melbourne Florida. Mr. Reisert graduated from the University of Notre Dame earning a degree in Business in 1966.